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Not much has been written about the role of the retiring executive in succession planning, but this now-retired longtime nonprofit executive would like to lay out his view of how a departing exec should participate to ensure a more successful transition. We’d love to hear from others who know the experience from that perspective!

Stewardship entails accountability to a larger group and in today’s world, that larger group of co-owners can organize quickly if they believe they have been badly represented or if your governance system has violated their sense of what’s right.

Activists may wonder why new Sweet Briar board members avoid certain kinds of conversations. They may feel that the lack of expressed anger reflects a shift in their commitments. But it is a necessary precondition.

If you believe governance ends at the boardroom, think again. Market Basket, Susan G. Komen, and the Minnesota Orchestra are all large institutions where board decisions were reversed after stakeholders made their desires known. Now, one can add Sweet Briar College to that list.